The December releases of MetaSlider are now available. These versions are our final releases for 2025. We’re building the most user-friendly slideshow plugin in WordPress, and these updates are another step towards that. Oh, and we’ve also started to build the most user-friendly gallery plugin in WordPress!
WordPress 5.3 was released in 2019 and made a significant change to image uploading. WordPress has now limited the maximum size of uploaded images to 2560 pixels. If you try to upload an image that is larger than 2560 pixels, WordPress will automatically resize the image to that size.
We had an interesting question from a MetaSlider customer this week. They wanted a standard image carousel, but with a large hero image. Normally a carousel will show multiple images. This customer wanted smaller images on the left and right, with a larger central image. In a previous tutorial, we showed how to use partial…
A MetaSlider user approached us this week and asked if it was possible to show a rotating series of images in a carousel. They wanted several images to be visible at the same time, with a caption over each image. Ideally, the images will automatically refresh every few seconds and there will be arrows if…
In this guide, we’ll explain how WordPress handles HEIC images. Since 2017, Apple has used the HEIC format to store images. If you have an Apple device, your images are probably stored as HEIC files. However, HEIC images are not supported by many browsers, and so this can cause problems if you’re uploading photos from…
Welcome to the redesigned MetaSlider. After several months of work, we’ve updated this website with a warmer, more colorful and more modern style. This version of the site also replaces custom fields with Gutenberg blocks. In this article, I’m going to give you a tour of the new site and the tools we used. Here’s…
WebP is quickly becoming one of the most popular image formats for WordPress users. WebP is a technology developed by Google with the goal of making the web faster. On average, WebP images are 40% smaller than their PNG equivalents. Support for WebP has been increasing in recent years and now the format is supported…